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As part of National Youth Violence Prevention Week, he is sharing his story. Tay was released from University Hospital last week, and on Tuesday doctors cleared him to return to Kammerer Middle School.

He was part of a panel to address youth violence Tuesday evening at YMCA's Safe Place. Community activist Chris 2x was also on the panel and shared part of Tay’s story.

“There was a fight. He was running away and shot in the back. A student at Kammerer Middle School, an A and B student,” Chris 2x said.

Tay later spoke about returning to school. He said his classmates were reluctant to give him hugs, saying they did not want to hurt him. But he said he assured them he was fine.

Tay was one of two teens shot March 2. He had just finished playing basketball with some friends at the Boys and Girls Club when a fight broke out in the 500 block of Amy Avenue.

"I ain't happy to be (a gunshot wound survivor),” he said. “I feel bad because everyone's going to be talking about it for a long time."

Chris 2x said Tay wants to change things.

"There was a light that came in on his head and it was a light to be a part of an advocacy team," Chris 2x said.

Tay said the reason is simple.

"To let people know it shouldn't be no one else that should be getting shot. So they won't go through the pain I went through," he said.

A 17-year-old was also shot in that Amy Avenue incident. Like Tay, he is out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery.